Ontario Green Party leader brings campaign to Muskoka

Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner brings his campaign to Muskoka.

Ontario Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner made a stop in Muskoka on Tuesday, campaigning alongside a local candidate in Bracebridge.

According to the longtime party leader, Doug Ford isn’t paying attention to ridings outside of the Greater Toronto Area.

“He is so focused on spending billions on the mega spot - downtown Toronto,” Schreiner said. “In ridings like Parry Sound-Muskoka, people don’t have access to a doctor, they don’t have access to health care, they don’t have access to affordable housing, schools are overcrowded, people are worried about the Ford government’s attack on nature and they are feeling abandoned by this government.”

Schreiner joined Parry Sound-Muskoka candidate Matt Richter canvassing parts of town.

“I’ve marched with my fellow teachers as they fight for smaller class sizes for our kids,” Richter stated. “I’ve watched as Doug Ford sold out main street, leaving small businesses owners to fend for themselves. And I see the impacts that climate change is already having on our lives and our kids' futures.”

Richter, a former Trillium Lakelands teacher, supports affordable housing, keeping hospitals and schools open in local communities, and increasing local food production, according to the Green Party of Ontario’s website.

Schreiner will wrap up his visit to the region with a local campaign launch as the Canvas Brewery in Huntsville.

Voters will head to the polls on February 27.